The Apprentice candidate Megan Hornby has shut down her business just weeks after saying “the world is her oyster” following a brutal semi-final firing.
The 26-year-old entrepreneur came third in the BBC show, didn't manage to make it past the semi-final and was savagely fired by Lord Alan Sugar.
After her stint on the programme, Megan was due to return to running sweet-shop themed bar and restaurant Club Candy, however, she has now made a heart-breaking decision regarding her venture.
The star said she's realised that she’s outgrown the business and has decided to close it down, writes The Mirror.
After the show and not winning Lord Sugar's investment, Megan was forced to reflect on why he didn’t share her drive for her Club Candy business.
Speaking to Hull Live, Megan said: "I came out of The Apprentice house and obviously, it completely changed my life. It changed who I was as a person, it changed my perspective on business, on everything.
"And when I came out of it, and had that battle between me, Marnie and Rochelle, I realised I'm sitting with these two really wonderful, articulate, beautiful women, who are passionate about their businesses because it's what they absolutely love.
"I fought tooth and nail because that was my killer instinct and the competitiveness in me, but I wasn't fighting for it because it's not my lifelong dream.
"It's not a dream come true for me, my business. It's something that I started during lockdown because I was smart, not because it was a dream come true.”
‘The Candy Shop” business launched in 2020, making sweet boxes for loved ones while on furlough. Megan put her venture online and the business was booming.
The business turned into a dessert shop by day and cocktail bar by night which she aptly named Club Candy.
Despite the bar doing well, Megan told the publication she didn’t want to take the easy road for the sake of it as her heart wasn’t in the business.
"I got this beautiful cocktail bar and restaurant setup, which was something that I had wanted for years," she continued. "I grew up working in hospitality but what I realised was, the only reason I wanted it is because it was all I knew.
"And actually, it wasn't making me happy anymore. Even though I've done really well, and I'm so young to have achieved this, I am not happy and this is a really hard lifestyle and industry to choose if you're not absolutely 100% in it."
Megan shut down Club Candy two months ago and has recently publicly announced its closure after taking some time to make a decision on its future following her stint on the BBC show.
She’s dissolving the bar side of the business because “if she's not at the helm, nobody else will be either”.
While Club Candy has met its demise, Megan hasn’t left the sweet business as she’s now evolving her company into an online retailer, shipping boxes of candies across the UK.
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